Freedom and reform
Subtitle: essays in economics and social philosophy
By: by Frank H. Knight.
Contributors: Bonner, Hubert, 1901-
Publisher: Harper & Brothers
Published: 1947
Place of publication: New York and London
Language: eng; ger
Number of pages: 409
Subjects: Liberty; Social problems; Economic policy
Description: Essays selected by Hubert Bonner and others. cf.Pref."In a sense a sequel to...[the author's] Ethics of competition, published, in 1935."- Pref. Freedom as fact and criterion.- Social science and the political trend.- Pragmatism and social action.- Ethics and economic reform.- Socialism: the nature of the problem.- Religion and ethics in modern civilization.- The meaning of democracy: its politico-economic structure and ideals.- Science, philosophy, and social procedure.- Fact and value in social science.- Some notes on the economic interpretation of history.- The rights of man and natural law.- Human nature and world democracy.- Economics, political science, and education.- The painful act: the possibilities and limitations of collective rationality.- The sickness of liberal society.
Notes: Essays selected by Hubert Bonner and others.  cf.Pref.

"In a sense a sequel to...[the author's] Ethics of competition, published, in 1935."- Pref.
Table of contents: title: Freedom as fact and criterion.- Social science and the political trend.- Pragmatism and social action.- Ethics and economic reform.- Socialism: the nature of the problem.- Religion and ethics in modern civilization.- The meaning of democracy: its politico-economic structure and ideals.- Science, philosophy, and social procedure.- Fact and value in social science.- Some notes on the economic interpretation of history.- The rights of man and natural law.- Human nature and world democracy.- Economics, political science, and education.- The painful act: the possiibilities and limitations of collective rationality.- The sickness of liberal society.